Dean Alioto
Directing
Director and writer Dean Alioto is an award-winning filmmaker and documentarian with an impressive track record across film and television. He has produced acclaimed specials for A+E, Bravo, and Discovery, and served as a consultant on James Fox’s hit UFO documentary The Phenomenon. Dean’s groundbreaking work in the genre has earned him a place in the Paramount+ documentary Unknown Dimensions: The Story of Paranormal Activity, where he is celebrated as the creator of The McPherson Tape, the first-ever found footage film. He is also known for the enigmatic Paramount TV movie Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County, which has become a cult classic in the UFO and paranormal storytelling space.
Filmography
TheatersThe Experiencers: Full Disclosure
2026 · Movie
A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant
2025 · Movie
Content
2025 · Movie
The Alien Perspective Part II
2025 · Movie
Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog'
2025 · Movie
The Alien Perspective
2025 · Movie
The Last Podcast
2024 · Movie
The Haunting of Dalva House
2023 · Movie
Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity
2021 · Movie
The Found Footage Phenomenon
2021 · Movie
Portal
2019 · Movie
My Evil Stepdad
2019 · Movie
Beyond the Spectrum: Being Taken
2018 · Movie
Quarries
2016 · Movie
MoniKa
2012 · Movie
Complacent
2012 · Movie
The Genesis Files
2010 · Series
Shadowheart
2009 · Movie
L.A. Dicks
2007 · Movie
Jesse James: Legend, Outlaw, Terrorist
2005 · Movie
Lizzie Borden Had an Axe
2004 · Movie
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County
1998 · Movie
UFO Abduction
1989 · Movie